'''Naguib Mahfouz''' ({{lang-ar|Arbii bhasa: نجيب محفوظ}}, {{IPA|Nagīb Maḥfūẓ}}) ([[11 December]] [[1911]] – [[30 August]] [[2006]]) ek [[Egypt]]ian [[novelist]] rahaa jiske 1988 me [[Nobel Prize]] for [[Literature]] mila. Ii Arabic writers me se ek rahaa jon ki [[existentialism]] ke themeke exploit karis rahaa.<ref>{{cite web | author=Haim Gordon | title=Naguib Mahfouz's Egypt: Existential Themes in His Writings | url=http://doi.contentdirections.com/mr/greenwood.jsp?doi=10.1336/0313268762 | accessdate=2007-04-26}}</ref>